Skip to content
PoiseSocial logo
  • Opinion
  • Ideas
  • Politics
  • Reports
  • Topics
  • Encyclopedia
My Account
Popular now
Nine years of ideas — the curated anthology, now a living archive.
PoiseSocial logo
  • Opinion
  • Ideas
  • Politics
  • Reports
  • Topics
  • Encyclopedia
Sign in
Author
Shingwa Leen

Shingwa Leen

1 article

Do We Really Make It Easier for Women?

The writer reflects on how social and cultural pressure undermine formal equality for women, tracing this pattern through a formative school experience where girls choosing a technical subject over domestic science faced institutional shaming and deliberate humiliation. The piece asks whether laws and slogans can override the deeper, unspoken consensus that women belong in prescribed roles.

Staff · 9 March 2020
© 2026 PoiseSocial — Rethinking Africa.
Top